Allen,
To be honest and frank, it is inadvisable to use stop leak in the cooling
system, because it tends to plug up the smaller passages in heater cores and
heads. Thereby reducing the cooling efficiency of the system. And one thing
our little cars don't need is reduced cooling. If I might suggest looking
for a good composite head gasket from one of the big 3.
Larry Zink
Z Group Racing and Performance
1964 Spitfire4
Houston, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au>
To: Joseph Sholtes <joeiv@concentric.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 9:15 PM
Subject: Coolant leaks
>
>Sorry to bomb this thread, but can anybody offer comments about radiator
>stop-leak? I have 2 reasons for asking:
>
>1. my head gasket is weeping coolant, and may deteriorate before I can
>afford to replace it;
>
>2. I have been consulting a fabricator of copper head gaskets; they advise
>that it is sometimes necessary to use stop-leak with their gaskets, to
>prevent coolant leakage!
>
>Allen Nugent
>Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
>University of New South Wales
>Sydney 2052 Australia
>
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